145th Anniversary, Gettysburg, Reenactment of Day One

These are photographs that I took of the reenactment of the first clash that opened the Battle of Gettysburg on 1 July 1863. The fight began between Confederate infantry and Union cavalry but rapidly escalated into a clash involving large parts of both the Confederate and Union armies. I used mainly my Canon EOS 40D SLR with its Canon L-series 100-400mm telephoto lens (using a Canon L-series 24-105mm lens for a handful of shots). I took another handful of shots with my Canon G9 point-and-shoot. I used Adobe's Photoshop Elements 6.0 and Lightroom 1.41 and Google's Picasa2 programs to develop them.

My write-up of this is on my blog at
http://nick-s-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/reenactment-of-first-clash-at.html

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• 40D
• reenactors
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• Union

[maskirovka77]

People who want to look at the pictures that the video came from should go to the blogpost link I put in the video write-up. There, they will find a link to the gallery of pictures. Feel free to use them as you wish, but I do ask that if you use them in a publication, you let me know so I can put that on my resume.

[maskirovka77]

Well, regarding the "bias," that is just the function of having to take photographs from the grandstand. It would have been nice if I could have moved around, but "rules are rules."

Regarding the other comment, can't people simply enjoy something that is picturesque and "fun" without bringing up politics? I guess not.

[CommandCentre]

Long lines of grey oppose you. You hear the cannons roar. You feel excitement and dread rise in you, you feel adrenaline's sharp sting as you load your rifle. Then the command comes, you dress ranks, you shoulder arms. The first step is always the easiest, slowly you begin before everyone is marching in step and with bravery in their eyes. You hear musket fire to your left, you dare not look. You hear explosions, crackling fire. You know that the almighty awaits you.

[Shasta991]

I would give anything to get to be in a reenactment calvery, I'd even chop off my hair so I would look like a boy, it would be worth it just to get to take part in history like this.

[tortillaandbeans]

how do you become part of a reenactment?

[Flyers1216]

i cant wait till 145th anniversary!

[sara100189]

@maskirovka77 onore a questi soldati che anno dato il loro sangue per una giusta causa

[GettysburgGhost1863]

Actually, there were records of many asians living in both the north and south at the time of the war. They worked in both sides' navies. In fact, there is a record of an Asian man who fought in a I Corps regiment on the first day of battle at Gettysburg.

[BenAliGtor]

"im pretty sure its the rebel national anthem not sure who its bye though "

It's "I'm a Good Old Rebel". It was written by Colonel James Innes Randolph of Virginia, a member of the staff of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart.

Given that Randoph himself was not only the member of a prominent Virginia family with deep colonial roots, but an educated man of letters, some say he wrote the song as a parody of more backwoods, "unreconstructed rebel" types. Thus the poor grammar and syntax.

[whaler40339]

im pretty sure its the rebel national anthem not sure who its bye though

[cr1m50n051285]

hi im the webmaster for the 5th georgia cavalry and was wondering who does the last song on here and what is it called thanks